Sask. to stop mandatory masking in health-care settings
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Mandatory masking in public hasn’t been the law of the land in Saskatchewan for more than a year, but on Tuesday, the provincial government is expected to rip the final COVID-19 band-aid off and remove the requirement for people to wear masks while in Saskatchewan Health Authority facilities.
“With what we know about COVID-19 now, we want to make sure that we’re treating it the same as every other respiratory illness that we know of in terms of precautions that we take,” Rural and Remote Health Minister and Seniors Minister Everett Hindley said Monday ahead of the announcement.
Hindley said they’re going to move back to rules facilities had around masking more than three years ago.
“Going back to the way it was before the pandemic, where masks would have been used typically in operating rooms, ICUs, that sort of a thing – you know, high-risk, high-needs, assessment-type of areas,” explained Hindley.
